{"id":21346,"date":"2024-03-12T11:39:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T11:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaeuroprogettazione.eu\/how-to-define-and-measure-impact-in-european-projects\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:24:51","slug":"how-to-define-and-measure-impact-in-european-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/how-to-define-and-measure-impact-in-european-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"How to define and measure impact in European projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

In conclusion of our review on monitoring and evaluation, let us try to answer a difficult question: what is it and how is impact calculated?<\/p>\n

How to define and measure impact in European projects<\/h2>\n

We publish today a <\/span>latest in-depth study<\/a> <\/span>on monitoring and evaluation in European projects, focusing on a very complex and debated topic, namely how the impact of a project can be defined and appreciated.<\/span><\/p>\n

This update takes up the following themes and tries to answer the following questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Define the topic.<\/b> Why is it so difficult to talk about impact and (especially) measure it? How to elaborate this concept into something tractable and relevant in the context of European projects?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Counterfactual analysis.<\/b> What is meant by “counterfactual analysis”? What is its relevance to the impact measurement of a project?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Impact as a change in a trend.<\/b> Is it possible to apply a concept of impact that includes some kind of feedback with objective data? How?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Impact as “stories” of change.<\/b> Are there less rigid and more qualitative ways to “tell” about impact? Although less rigorous, do these arrangements have their own relevance to European projects?<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Deepening the theme.<\/b> What other tools and resources can be used to explore the concept of impact?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    If these questions interest you, read the new chapter updates:<\/span><\/p>\n

    3.6. Managing the project: monitoring and evaluation<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

    If you have any further questions on this topic, comments or corrections to what is proposed, please write to us on our <\/span>\n e-mail address<\/span>\n<\/a> or on our social channels <\/span>\n Facebook<\/span>\n<\/a> e <\/span>\n LinkedIn<\/span>\n<\/a>. We look forward to working with you on improving the content of the Guide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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